The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-01
CAEADA'S ACTIONS

Regarding the Wnr Scare-Sono of the
Militia Allowed to Leave.
OTTAWA, ONT, Jan. 3l.-A circular has
received from the British Admiralty call.
ing upon all marine pensioners under
fifty-five years Of age to hold themselves
in readiness for active service. The cir.
cular alao requests an immediate answer
as to age, whether the pensioner is a long
service one or is invalided, VI hether q
gunner or torpedo srtifcer, and to state
the nearest ship.of.war he could attend
for examination. Travelling expenses are
to be paid by the British Government.
For not complying with the order the
pansioner will forfeit his pension, and at
the discretion Of the Government may be
arrested and punished as deserter. Only
one such circular has been Issued since
the Crimean war. Considerable excite
ment has been caused among the foreign
ers and their families. d
A Toronto dispatch ssys: The present
position OF Canada in relation to tho fish
cries is regarded in much more serious
light by the Canadian and Imperial Gov
ernments than by the leading newspapers
and the people generally Of this country.
1t is rumored here that the Governor Gem
eral has during the past few days been
engaged in an important correspondence
from Ottawa with the Imperial authori-
ties. It has been pretty well sgrsed upon
by her Majesty's representative a. Ottawa,
so the rumor goes, that it has become ne
cessary to send forces TO Canada without
delay, and that several Imperial regiments
will as soon rs possible bs brought here
by war ships, and that ons or two OF the
ships willremain at Halifax, to be ready
for any emergency. It was intended some
time ago TO eend number of battslions
OF volunteers from different parts of Cana
da to take part in Queen Victoria's jubi-
lee, but now the militia understand that
the trip has been cancelled, and TINT the
Minister OF Militia at Ottawa has some
reason for keeping them in Canada.
Prof. Goodwin Smith, OF Toronto, writ
ing on the United States Senato's retalia-
tory measures, says: III any Senator
really believes that Canada in insisting on
her treaty rights is instigated by British
hostility to the United States, he never
was more mistaken. Great Briiain's only
conceivable motive OF action in the sanss
OF honor which binds her to protect tho
rights Of her dependency. Does it not
strike Mr.. Ingalls, as rather remarkable,
considering how strong and lasting race
peculiarites are, that Of the two portions
OF the same race that have been separated
only Tor single century, one ahould be q
mass OF ruftisnism and cowardism, bully
ing, insolsnt, and everything else that is
vile, while the other han arrived o! such a
pitch Of virtue, civilization, chiya!ry and
urbanity as to produce Mr.. Ingalls,? For
centuries, Mr.. Ingalls, ssys, England has
been sort OF devil among the nations.'
Yet little more than aingle century ago
the 1ngallses were Englishmen. Fortu.
nately, on the shoulders OF Eyarts, Vest,
the President and Bayard are cooler heads
than those OF 1rgslls and Frye. Nothing
is more certain than that, owing TO the
late extension Of tho suffrage in Englsnd,
the British Ministry. which should allow
1t to be supposed that it was going into
war with the United States for the protec-
ton Of Canadian fisheries would have
pronounced it's own DOOM"